Lock & Lock HPL838 Rectangular Storage Container - Clear/Blue, 9 L

When I bought this 2 years ago it was described as a bread bin, but I see that it no longer is. I have bought several bread bins over the years of all different makes and materials and this definitely remains the best one I’ve ever had. My husband and I don’t eat a lot of bread and I was always throwing some out, but not now. Although I buy shop bread, I always buy the freshly made loaves and they stay fresh for at least a week as do rolls. As with all similar containers of different brands I find that they are better washed by hand and then the lids are not difficult to fit as mentioned by some reviewers.

I have bought Lock & Lock products before so I knew the quality was assured. I wanted the 9L to use as a breadbin and it is ideal. There is room for a large loaf, 800g, plus a pack of 6 bagels or crumpets. Like all Lock & lock storage boxes it is robust and easy to clean. I highly recommend this product.

Lock and Lock products are easy to use, and attractive to use, and great quality. They are usually air proof, waterproof etc. Great for dried goods to keep fresh, or use in the fridge, plus anywhere else in the house to keep things together, or safe. Could use for tablets kept away from children on a top shelf, craft room and loads more. Plus can see what's inside without opening. Great.

If I still had the insert and packaging I would have returned this item, but I had faith in the brand so stupidly discarded them when I washed the box. The box is a good size and I have used this brand before with no issues, however on this item the locking clips are very stiff, and it is incredibly difficult to align the lid and close the clips, and then hard to get them open again. As I wanted to use this as a bread box this would be annoying to do several times a day, and near impossible for the kids, and so I have relegated it to flour storage and am having to purchase a different box for bread. It may be I was unlucky and received a dodgy one, but I would advise keeping all the packaging until you have washed and tested the clips to be sure it is okay for you.Edit 20/01/17 - we decided to keep trying with this box as a bread box to see if it improved with daily use, and the clips have just now started to ease up after a month of use. Although still slightly hard to close it is much easier to open. Hopefully this will continue without affecting the air-tightness if the box. I've upgraded my rating to 4 stars, as the box is a really good size for two loaves of home-baked bread (from a Panasonic breadmaker to give an idea of the size) and the bread has been keeping fresher.

Nice items useful and good price

Usual high standard item Lock n Lock, great for my home made bread, does the job & very well.

Bought to use as a bread bin. Did distort a little and struggled to fit lid on after using in dishwasher but once on its now fine. Nice tray in the bottom to collect crumbs fallen through. Good buy.

I honestly thought this box would be a bit bigger than it is as I was looking for a large air tight clip lock box to store my cats dry food in (I have 4 cats and buy their dry food in bulk 10kg bags but the bags can't be sealed once opened) but in all honesty it does the job I need it to do which is keep air away from my cats dry food and will keep it fresh and crunchy the way they like it and keeps them from tearing into an open bag when they get left unsupervised at night time. I will be ordering another as this 9L box holds less than half a bag but regardless all in all I am happy with my purchase :)